Allegories of Life was written by Mrs. J. S. Adams (1845-1885) and consists of 23 Old English stories and parables. Included in this collection are The Bells, The Height, The pilgrim, Faith, Hope, Joy and sorrow, upward, The Oak, Truth and error, The tree, The Two ways, The Urns, Self-exertion, The Vines, In the world, Faith hope and charity, Going forth, The feast, The lesson of the stone, The seeds, Only gold, The sacrifice, and Strangers.